1972 All England Badminton Championships

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1972 All England Championships
Tournament details
Dates23 March 1972 (1972-03-23)
26 March 1972 (1972-03-26)
Edition62nd
VenueWembley Arena
LocationLondon
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The 1972 All England Championships was a badminton tournament held at Wembley Arena, London, England, from 23–26 March 1972.[1]

Final results

Category Winners Runners-up Score
Men's singles Indonesia Rudy Hartono Denmark Svend Pri 15-9, 15-4
Women's singles Japan Noriko Nakayama Japan Hiroe Yuki 11-5, 3-11, 11-7
Men's doubles Indonesia Christian Hadinata & Ade Chandra England Ray Stevens & Mike Tredgett 15-5, 15-12
Women's doubles Japan Machiko Aizawa & Etsuko Takanaka England Margaret Beck & Julie Rickard 9-15, 15-8, 15-12
Mixed doubles Denmark Svend Pri & Ulla Strand England Derek Talbot & Gillian Gilks 12-15, 18-14, 15-2

Noriko Takagi married and became Noriko Nakayama and Brigitte Potthoff married and became Brigitte Steden.

Men's singles

Section 1

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Indonesia Rudy Hartono 15 15
England David Eddy 3 4 Indonesia Hartono 15 15
Malaysia Lee Kok Pheng 17 15 15 Malaysia Kok Pheng 8 1
West Germany Torsten Winter 18 10 12 Indonesia Hartono 15 15
West Germany Wolfgang Bochow 15 15 West Germany Bochow 7 9
Scotland Bob McCoig 0 3 West Germany Bochow 15 15
England Peter Smith 15 10 15 England Smith 1 11
England Colin Beacom 13 15 11 Indonesia Hartono 15 15
Sweden Sture Johnsson 15 15 Sweden Johnsson 3 6
Japan Ippei Kojima 11 8 Sweden Johnsson 15 15
United States Stan Hales 15 15 United States Hales 2 1
West Germany Roland Maywald 3 5 Sweden Johnsson 15 15
Indonesia Christian Hadinata 15 15 Indonesia Hadinata 6 3
England Clive Kirk 7 6 Indonesia Hadinata 15 15
England Derek Talbot 15 15 England Talbot 10 5
Sweden Willy Lund 3 9

Section 2

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Denmark Svend Andersen Pri 15 15
Singapore Lee Kin Tat 5 9 Denmark Pri 15 15
New Zealand Richard Purser 15 15 New Zealand Purser 7 11
West Germany Michael Schnaase 8 4 Denmark Pri 15 15
Malaysia Tan Aik Huang 15 15 Malaysia Aik Huang 9 2
Sweden Kurt Johnsson 2 1 Malaysia Aik Huang 15 5 15
Thailand Bandid Jaiyen 15 15 Thailand Jaiyen 11 15 7
England S J Shaw 4 2 Denmark Pri 15 15
Malaysia Tan Aik Mong 15 16 15 Malaysia Mong 2 6
Sweden Thomas Kihlström 7 17 13 Malaysia Mong 15 15
Denmark Tage Nielsen 15 15 Denmark Nielsen 5 13
Malaysia Peter Goh 7 1 Malaysia Mong 9 15 15
Indonesia Muljadi 15 15 Indonesia Muljadi 15 8 9
West Germany Willi Braun 8 11 Indonesia Muljadi 8 15 15
England Ray Stevens 15 15 England Stevens 15 7 7
Scotland Nicol McCloy 2 5

+ Denotes seed

Women's singles

Section 1

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
Japan Noriko Nakayama 11 11
England Pat Smiles 0 0 Japan Nakayama 11 11
Indonesia Taty Sumirah 4 11 11 Indonesia Sumirah 5 2
Denmark Pernille Kaagaard 11 2 7 Japan Nakayama 11 11
England Margaret Beck 11 11 England Beck 9 0
West Germany Marieluise Wackerow 1 5 England Beck 11 11
Sweden Anette Börjesson w/o 11 Sweden Borjesson 3 1
Denmark Lonny Bostofte Japan Nakayama 11 11
Denmark Lene Køppen 11 11 Denmark Køppen 4 8
England Anne Forrest 0 4 Denmark Køppen 7 11 11
Australia Kay Nesbit 11 11 11 Australia Nesbit 11 7 3
Canada Barb O'Brien 12 4 4 Denmark Køppen 11 4 11
Indonesia Utami Dewi Kurniawan 11 11 Indonesia Dewi 8 11 9
Denmark Anne Flindt 9 1 Indonesia Dewi 11 11
=3 West Germany Irmgard Gerlatzka 11 11 West Germany Gerlatzka 5 8
Denmark Ulla Strand 8 8

Section 2

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals
=3 Japan Hiroe Yuki 11 5 11
England Gillian Gilks 7 11 6 Japan Yuki 11 11
Republic of Ireland Barabara Beckett 11 11 Republic of Ireland Beckett 5 1
Canada Jennifer Dakin 3 4 Japan Yuki 12 11
Netherlands Joke Van Beusekom 11 12 Netherlands Van Beusekom 9 5
Denmark Annie Bog Jorgensen 6 9 Netherlands Van Beusekom 11 11
Denmark Bente Sorensen 11 11 Denmark Sorensen 3 1
England L A Spencer 4 1 Japan Yuki 11 12
Sweden Eva Twedberg 11 11 Sweden Twedberg 7 11
Denmark Eva Carlsen 1 4 Sweden Twedberg 11 11
West Germany Brigitte Steden 11 11 West Germany Steden 3 2
Japan Machiko Aizawa 7 6 Sweden Twedberg 11 11
Indonesia Intan Nurtjahja 11 11 Indonesia Nurtjahja 7 2
England Nora Gardner 1 3 Indonesia Nurtjahja 11 11
Denmark Anne Berglund 11 11 Denmark Berglund 5 8
West Germany Gerda Schumacher 1 0

References

  1. ^ "The Times & the Sunday Times". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2012.